1918/1920 DWM Police P 08 - a little different

[DonVoigt]

Originally Posted by Dwight Gruber

The breechblock and center toggle are both numbered 031. Granted the configuration is VERY non-standard, but the numbers appear to be original and the only way for them to make sense along with the c/N proof is as the last-three-digit small part numbering of a five-digit serial number gun. The photo of the toggle-tail number is not very clear in this regard, but it appears to to overstamp another number.

--Dwight

Dwight and others,
I was re-reading Sturgess green edition again today and on
page 801, lower left picture is an essentially identical breech bolt marking of 02 and horizontal 1.

Sturgess postulates that " the "1" inspection mark of the Police Inspectorate, applied internally as a component inspection acceptance mark to most small parts".

It would be interesting to know if others have or have seen this same use of the "1"